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Synonyms

get into

British  

verb

  1. (intr) to enter

  2. (intr) to reach (a destination)

    the train got into London at noon

  3. to get dressed in (clothes)

  4. (intr) to preoccupy or obsess (a person's emotions or thoughts)

    what's got into him tonight?

  5. to assume or cause to assume (a specified condition, habit, etc)

    to get into debt

    get a person into a mess

  6. to be elected to or cause to be elected to

    to get into Parliament

  7. informal (usually intr) to become or cause to become familiar with (a skill)

    once you get into driving you'll enjoy it

  8. informal (usually intr) to develop or cause to develop an absorbing interest in (a hobby, subject, or book)

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
get into Idioms  

  1. Become involved in, as in He got into trouble by stealing cars , or I don't want to get into the long history of this problem . [Early 1700s]

  2. Put on clothes, as in Wait till I get into my suit . [Late 1600s]

  3. Take possession of one, cause to act differently or inappropriately, as in You're leaving it to the animal shelter? What has got into you? or I don't know what gets into you children . [Late 1800s]

  4. See be into . Also see subsequent entries beginning with get into .

Example Sentences

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Pfizer and other companies seeking to get into the booming market for weight-loss drugs, for example, have licensed rights to GLP-1 medicines that Chinese biotechs quickly developed.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

I think my aim was to get into the Championship because I remember one of the boys said to me: 'Ah, I think you can play in the Champ.'

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

“I’m not going to get into the details of that,” Dabaie said.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2026

As we get into our larger parachutes, like the drogues and the mains, we have a lighter-weight nylon ... not unlike what you might build a tent out of, or an old-school windbreaker.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

I shake my head, nudge Autumn, and sign, “You’ve got to be kidding me. How does he even get into these situations?”

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer

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